Jazz, love, Poetry, Independance, and beauty Along with all the grimey, gully, struggles we hold dear to heart.
Legends
9th wonder, tribe,Abdullah ibrahim, DILLA (RIP), the abyssinians, the aggrovators, ahmad Jamal, Al Green, Ali Farka Toure,toumani diabate, All Natural, Amon Tobin, Anoushka Shankar, Antibalas,APhex Twin, Astrud Gilberto, Gil Gilberto, Augustus Pablo, Autechre, babatunde Olatunji,The Band, The Be GOOD Tanyas, Bill Evans, Bill FRisell, Bill Laswell, Bill Withers, Billie holiday, Bjork, Black Uhuru, Blackaliscious, Blackstar, Blue Six, Boards of Canada, Bob Marley, Brian Eno.Bonobo, Buckshot, Buena Vista Social CLub, burning Spear, Can, Cannibcal Ox, Cut CHemist, CaROLINE, Cat Power, Leroy Carr, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Coldcut, Cole Porter, Coleman Hawkins, Common, Company Flo, El-P, Count Ossie, Culture, Curtis Mayfield, Cymande, Dalek, MFDOOM, David Axelrod, Dead Prez, Derek Trucks Band, Dialated Peoples, Diana Krall, Anything Dj Primo( premiere) produced, Q-bert, Dj Shadow, Duke Ellington, Nick Drake, Eligh, ELLA FITZGERALD, Emiliana Torrini, Eric B. and Rakim, Ernest Ranglin, Erland Oye, Ethiopians, Erykah Badu, FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, Egypt 80, and Afrika 70, Felt, Fiona Apple, Frank Sinatra, Future Sound of London, Funki Porcini, Gainsbourg, Gangstarr, george Clinton, George Gershwin,Gillian Welch, Leftover Salmon,Ralph Stanley, Glenmore Brown, Gregory Issacs, The Greyboy Allstars, KDTU, Gza, Handsom Boy Modeling School, Herbalizer, Herbie Hancock, Hugh Masekela, Hugh Mundell, Jackie Mittoo, Jan Garberek, Jane Birkin, Eastern Blok, Jassy Grazz, Jaylib, Jazzanova, Jeff Lang, Joao Gilberto,John Coltrane, Judith Owen, Jurassic 5, Keith Jarrett, Kid Koala, King Tubby, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Laurie Lewis, Ledbelly,Latyrx, Led Zeppelin, Lee Scratch Perry and all of his projects, leroy carr, leftfield, Little brother, liz Durrett, Lone Catalysts, low, LTJ Bukem, Madlib,Mandalay, manitoba, caribou, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Mccoy Tyner, Me'shell Ndegeocello, MFDOOM, Mia Doi Todd, miles Davis, Moby, Moistboyz, Molemen, Mos Def, Mr Scruff, Murs, Nas, Neko Case, Nicola Conte, Nina Simone, Ninja Tune Records, Nouvelle Vague, Odd Nosdam, Offspring, Oscar Peterson,Pat Metheny, Peanut Butter Wolf, Pete Rock.Peter Tosh, Paraoh Sanders, Phillip Glass, Phish, Photek, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Prefuse 73, RJD2, Quannum, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Neko Case, Ravi Shankar, Ray Charles, Robert Johnson, Roy Ayers, Run DMC, Ry Cooder, Sade, Sergio Mendes& brasil66, Shuggie Otis, Skatalites, Sly and Robbie, sonny rollins, Soul Position, Soulive, Group Home, Sounds From the Ground, Spon, Squarepusher, Stevie Wonder, Stan Getz, The Sugarcubes, Sun Ra, Taj Mahal, Talib kwali, Technical Itch, Thelonius Monk, thievery Corporation, Tierney Sutton, Tom Waits, late 60's live Tina Turner, Tortoise, Tower of Power, Twilight Circus Dub Soundsystem,Typical Cats, Um Kalthoum, UNKLE, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Ween, Yo La Tengo, Youssou, N'Dour, Zakir Hussain, Cal Tjader, Zero 7 THE GRATEFUL DEAD and many many more
MLK, JFK, Ghandi,Maya Angelou, The Dalai Lama, Jerry Garcia, the cat with the melon helmut